HC Deb 23 April 1990 vol 171 cc62-3W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) from which subheads of which votes the annual operating costs of the joint ocean surveillance information centre are taken;

(2) if he will make a statement on the joint ocean surveillance information centre;

(3) in which year the joint ocean surveillance information centre was established;

(4) what geographical areas are covered by the joint ocean surveillance information centre;

(5) what is the annual operating cost of the joint ocean surveillance information centre;

(6) what sources of information are used to input data into the joint ocean surveillance information centre;

(7) where the joint ocean surveillance information centre is located;

(8) whether information gathered by the joint ocean surveillance information centre would be used as a real-time data input into (a) UKADGE or (b) NADGE;

(9) whether the United States of America makes any financial contribution to the annual operating cost of the joint ocean surveillance information centre.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The annual operating costs of the joint ocean surveillance intelligence centre, which was established in 1990 and is located at HMS Warrior, are some £2.7 million from votes 1A 1 and 2F. It would not be in the public interest to disclose the other information for which the hon. Gentleman has asked.